Deaths June 11 | History by KabAstro

George I (1660-1727)

King of Great Britain and Ireland (1714-27), dies of a stroke on a visit to Hanover at 67

1764 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74
1766 Elisabeth Farnese, Princess of Parma and Queen of Spain (1714-24), dies at 73
1775 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67
1796 Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (6th President of the Confederation Congress), dies at 58
1796 Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and Member of Parliament, dies at 75
1808 Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer, dies at 83
1811 Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82
1825 Daniel D. Tompkins, American politician, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 50
1828 Dugald Stewart, Scottish philosopher and mathematician (Scottish common sense), dies at 74
1847 John Franklin, English rear admiral and explorer (Arctic), dies at 61
1852 Karl Briullov, Russian painter, dies at 52
1856 Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76

Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859)

Austrian statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1809-48) and host of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), dies at 86

1879 William, Prince of Orange, Dutch crown prince of the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 39
1882 Louis Désiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate, dies at 77
1883 Antonio Cândido Gonçalves Crespo, Brazilian-born Portuguese poet, dies at 37
1896 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German organist and composer, dies at 72
1900 Charles Swinnerton Heap, English composer, dies at 53
1903 King Alexander I of Serbia assassinated during a coup d'etat at 26
1903 Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician, dies at 65
1906 Heinrich Hart, German writer (Das Lied der Menschheit), dies at 50
1907 John Tyler Morgan, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82
1908 Georg Adler, Polish state economist, dies at 45
1911 James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist, dies at 96
1912 Léon Dierx, French poet (Aspirations; Les Amants), dies at 74
1913 Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered
1914 Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
1924 Alexander de Savornin Lohman, Dutch minister and party leader (CHU), dies at 87
1924 Theodore Dubois, French composer, dies at 86
1927 William Attewell, English cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies at 65
1929 Gyula Andrássy, Jr., Hungarian politician and Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (1918-20), dies at 68
1930 George Alexander, British cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies at 79
1930 Henry Clay Folger, American CEO of Standard Oil and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library, dies at 72

Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934)

Russian psychologist, dies at 37

1936 Julius Nieuwland, Belgian-American chemist (inventor of 1st synthetic rubber neoprene), dies at 58
1936 Robert E. Howard, American pulp fiction author (Conan the Barbarian), commits suicide aged 30
1937 R. J. [Reginald Joseph] Mitchell, British aircraft designer (Supermarine Spitfire), dies of cancer at 42
1941 Daniel Carter Beard, American author, social reformer and founder of the Boy Scouts of America, dies at 91
1943 Sam de Vries, Dutch actor (Boefje; De man zonder hart), murdered in gas chamber at Sobibór concentration camp at 50
1947 David I. Walsh, 46th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 74
1949 Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
1949 Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71
1951 Gamzat Tsadasa, Avar-Russian poet, dies at 63
1955 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered
1955 Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, French organist and opera composer (Le Bon Roi Dagobert), dies at 72
1955 Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 75
1956 Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
1956 Frank Brangwyn, Welsh painter, muralist and cartoonist (Official War Artist First World War), dies at 89
1956 Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73

Clarence DeMar (1888-1958)

American marathon runner and 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, dies of cancer at 70

1961 Daniel Hoan, American politician (longest Socialist administration in the US as Mayor of Milwaukee 1916-40), dies at 80
1963 Thích Quảng Đức, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon at the age of 65-66
1964 Frank D. Smith, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame administrator (Beaches/Greater Toronto Hockey League), dies at 70
1965 José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
1965 Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist, dies at 73
1966 Ethel Clayton, American actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82
1966 Wallace Ford [Samuel Jones Grundy], British actor (Freaks, Harvey, Spellbound, Deputy), dies of a heart attack at 68
1969 John L. Lewis, American labour leader, formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 89
1970 Aleksander Kerensky, Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government (1917), dies at 89
1970 Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler and naïve painter, dies at 87
1970 Frank Laubach, American missionary and educator (taught reading through phonetics), dies at 85
1970 Frank Silvera, Jamaican-American actor (High Chaparral, Killer's Kiss, Fear and Desire), accidentally electrocutes himself at 55
1970 William 'Billy Batts' Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
1974 Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (b. 1883)
1974 Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
1975 Floro Ugarte, Argentine composer (From My Land; Saika), and educator, dies at 90
1976 Folke Eriksberg [Eriksberger], Swedish jazz and session guitarist and composer, dies at 65
1976 Jim Konstanty, American MLB relief pitcher (MLB All Star 1950; NL MVP 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 59

John Wayne (1907-1979)

American actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies of stomach cancer at 72

1981 Albert Markos, Romanian composer (Torso I), dies at 66
1981 Eppo Doeve, Dutch cartoonist and painter, dies at 73
1984 Enrico Berlinguer, Italian National Secreatary of Italian Communist Party (PCI), dies after a brain haemorrhage at 62
1985 Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31
1985 Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
1986 Chesley Bonestell, American-born engineer, architect, and artist (b. 1888)

Ralph Guldahl (1911-1987)

American golfer (US Masters 1939, US Open 1937-38), dies at 75

1988 Giuseppe Saragat, 5th President of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89
1988 Nathan Cook, American actor (The Whiye Shadow - "Milton"; Hotel - "Billy"), dies of an allergic reaction at 38
1989 Jack McMahon, American basketball guard and coach (player Rochester Royal, St. Louis Hawks; coach Cincinnati Royals, San Diego Rockets, Pittsburgh Condors), dies at 60
1990 Clyde McCoy, American jazz trumpeter ("Sugar Blues"; the wah-wah sound), bandleader and co-founder of "Down Beat" magazin, dies at 86
1991 Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
1992 Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titanic, dies at 103
1992 Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies of cancer
1992 Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
1993 Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
1993 Muriel C. Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
1993 Ray Sharkey, American actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDS at 40
1994 Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), dies of a stroke at 77
1994 Jack Hannah, animator, dies at 90
1994 Kitty Muggeridge, British author and translator, dies at 90
1995 Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as "The Black Sinatra" (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), dies of leukemia at 58
1996 Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
1996 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), dies at 90
1996 Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21
1996 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
1996 Ulysses Dove, American dancer (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), and choreographer (Red Angels), dies of AIDS-related illness at 49
1997 Thalassa Cruso, English-American gardening expert (The Mike Douglas Show; The Tonight Show), dies of Alzheimer's at 88
1998 Catherine Cookson, English novelist (Bannaman Legacy), dies at 91
1999 DeForest Kelley, American actor (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy-Star Trek), dies of stomach cancer at 79
2000 Lew Gallo, American character actor and screenwriter (Get Smart; Gunsmoke; 12 O'Clock High), dies at 71
2001 Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (Échame a mi la culpa), dies at 77

Timothy McVeigh (1968-2001)

American Oklahoma City bomber and terrorist, executed for bombing Oklahoma City at 33

David Brinkley (1920-2003)

American NBC news anchor (The Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 82

2003 William Marshall, American stage and screen actor, director, and operatic singer (Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman; Blacula; Scream Blacula Scream), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 78
2004 Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer, dies at 57
2004 Xenophon Zolotas, Greek politician (b. 1904)
2005 Audrey Brown, British 4 X 100m runner (Olympic silver 1936), dies at 92
2005 Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64
2005 Ione Mylonas Shear, American archeologist (Bronze Age Greece), dies at 68
2005 Ron Randell, Australian actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera), dies at 86
2005 VVasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (1974-75), dies at 84
2006 Bruce Shand, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (b. 1917)
2006 George Washington, American boxing trainer (Riddick Bowe and Mark Breland), dies of heart failure at 79
2006 Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (b. 1977)
2006 Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (first paraplegic to compete in the Olympic Games 1984), dies at 61
2007 Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
2007 Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West), dies of leukemia at 75
2008 Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey defenseman (World C'ship gold 1976, 77; Olympic silver 1976; Philadelphia Flyers, TJ Motor České Budějovice), dies from throat cancer at 56
2008 Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
2008 Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
2010 Zenani Mandela, Nelson Mandela's great granddaughter (b. 1997)

Kurt Nielsen (1930-2011)

Danish tennis player, (Wimbledon 1953, 55 runner-up), dies at 80

2011 Seth Putnam, American extreme heavy metal guitarist and vocalist, dies of a heart attack at 43
2012 Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (Gone With The Wind; Whistling in the Dark), dies from heart disease at 94
2012 Norman F Lent, American republican Congressman, dies from cancer at 81
2012 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1972, 76, 80), dies from a heart attack at 60
2013 Johnny Smith, American cool jazz guitarist ("Moonlight In Vermont"; "Walk, Don't Run"), dies from injuries sustained in a fall at 90
2013 Miller Barber, American golfer (11 PGA Tour; 3 US Senior Open titles), dies from lymphoma at 82
2013 Robert Fogel, American economic historian (Nobel Prize 1993), dies at 86
2014 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor, dies of cancer at 80
2014 Ruby Dee (née Wallace), American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (A Raisin in the Sun; American Gangster), poet, and civil rights activist, dies at 91
2015 Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American pro wrestler (Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year 1979, 86; WWE HOF), dies of kidney failure at 69
2015 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer-songwriter ("Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"; "Pop a Top"), and radio and television host (Nashville on the Road), dies of lung cancer at 81

Ornette Coleman (1930-2015)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation), dies of a heart attack at 85

2015 Ron Moody [Moodnick], British stage and screen actor, singer (Oliver!; The Twelve Chairs), and composer dies at 91
2016 Alberto Remedios, British opera and concert singer, dies at 81
2017 Rosalie Sorrels, American traditional folk singer-songwriter ("Up Is A Nice Place To Be"; "Nevada Moon"), dies at 83
2019 Martin Feldstein, American economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal), chief economic adviser to President Reagan, dies at 79
2020 Matt Poore, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (14 Tests 355 runs @ 15.43, 9 wickets), dies at 90
2020 Mel Winkler, American actor (Devil in a Blue Dress), dies at 78
2021 John Gabriel [Jack Monkarsh], American stage and screen actor (Ryan's Hope), singer, lyricist, and producer, dies at 90
2022 Bernd Bransch, German soccer defender (64 caps GDR; Chemie Halle FC, FC Carl Zeiss Jena), dies at 77
2023 Jean Wicki, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold 4-man 1972, bronze 1968; bronze 2-man 1972), dies at 89
2024 Françoise Hardy, French pop singer, songwriter ("Je Suis D’Accord", "Comment te Dire Adieu"). and actress, dies of cancer complications at 80 [1]
2024 Howard Fineman, American journalist and political commentator (Newsweek; NBC News; AOL Huffington Post Media Group), dies of pancreatic cancer at 75